Pickstock

Pickstock is a small hamlet in Shropshire, England, where it is part of the civil parish of Chetwynd, near the town of Newport.

Pickstock

Minor road through Pickstock, Shropshire
Pickstock
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ726230
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWPORT
Postcode districtTF10
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Its name is of Old English origin and may mean "Pices' stoc ("dependent settlement")".[1] Situated in an isolated rural area, it was an outlying township of the manor, and later parish, of Edgmond.[2]

Pickstock is south-east of the village of Sambrook and the River Meese (where there was once a watermill) runs nearby. The Pickstock Cross, the stump of an old preaching cross of unknown age, lies in a private garden in the village.[3]

See also

References

  1. Bowcock, E. W. Shropshire place names, Wilding & Son, 1923, p.182
  2. Eyton, R. W. Antiquities of Shropshire v.9, 1859, p.125
  3. Pickstock Cross, Newport History Society


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